Blast averted: Roadside bomb defused in N Waziristan

The official says militants must have been planning to target a convoy of the security forces.

MIRANSHAH: A bomb planted by unidentified militants on Miranshah-Ghulam Khan Road was defused by bomb disposal officials on Sunday.

An official of the security forces said militants had planted a roadside bomb near Dirdoni check post in Miranshah tehsil which was spotted by a contingent of the protection unit and subsequently defused.

The official said militants must have been planning to target a convoy of the security forces.

Meanwhile, political administration officials imposed a curfew in the main areas of the agency and tribesmen were informed not to venture out on the main roads due to routine movement of security forces’ convoys.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2014.